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Blood, sweat and fears

The first weekend of self-isolation is nearly over - so I think we can all give ourselves a pat on the back for getting through it, and...

Going Viral...

Afraid I am jumping on that bandwagon and riding the coronavirus wave of reaching out to others in a time of self-isolation. I suppose...

Falling (ungracefully) into place

Despite the fact that I do have a knack for kicking myself with my own feet as I walk (it sounds physiologically impossible I have the...

(Re)Born in the USA

It's not absolutely necessary, but I think it would greatly enhance the reader's experience if they blasted "Born in the USA" at full...

It Takes Two to Tango

As has become somewhat customary with my posts, there is a double meaning to this title. I hear you cry "what wit awaits us this time?!"...

Being there and putting myself 'out there'

As a friend of mine has been known to say (even when we kindly ask him not to): "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take". While...

A Vegetarian Affair

I don’t usually write about the inner-workings of my romantic life…and that’s not about to change now, is it? The vegetarian affair of...

Limbo

Funnily enough, this post is not announcing my sudden interest in a very niche 90s children’s party game. Not least because it’s one of...

Finding Outer Peace in Cinque Terre

Since starting my first full time (3 month long) contract, life has been a whirlwind. Admittedly I only started a week ago, and yes I...

Finding Inner Peace (in the Cotswolds)

Slowly, subtly and all but imperceptibly this blog has transformed itself into something of a travel blog. That might just reflect the...

A Milano!

So my work has once again taken me on an international trip, but thankfully this time I was a little closer to home, and more importantly...

My Saudi Adventure - Part 2

Thankfully, if you’ve read my last blog post, I can promise that it really was uphill from there. I mean it couldn’t have got much worse....

My Saudi Adventure - Part 1

Although this blog post is entitled ‘my Saudi adventure’, it was much more than its simple Latin translation might suggest, as not merely...

I’ll make a man out of you!

In this modern world of gender equality (ha! I wish) I really ought to be writing under a more progressive title than this. However, the...

The Barney Affair

For those of you who thought the weekend just gone was the 2nd and 3rd March, I’m afraid to say you were wrong. It was not early March,...

Birthday Bonanzas

Yesterday heralded my mum’s Birthday (by some biological miracle she only turned 27 - amazing, I know?!). The morning brought with it an...

Sisterly Devotion

There had been a surprisingly long interlude between visits to or from my sister this 2019. I suppose new years bring with them new...

A lady who lunches...

I feel I ought to begin with an apology for the interim between this post and the last. And no, my excuse is not that I have been...

Two's Company

In a complete reversal from my last post in which anti-socialism and enforced solitude seemed the order of the day, in the past week I...

A night in and a ready meal for one…

Before you go feeling too sorry for me, this night in alone was mine by choice, and I won’t really be eating a ready meal - that was just...

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